Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Oct. 17, 1803-April 25, 1808D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... cause for the immense distance of two or three thousand chastising them ; the laws of nations and of miles from the ... causes that human wisdom may not now foresee , will in time effect a sepa- ration , and I fear our bounds will be ...
... cause for the immense distance of two or three thousand chastising them ; the laws of nations and of miles from the ... causes that human wisdom may not now foresee , will in time effect a sepa- ration , and I fear our bounds will be ...
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... cause for apprehension . He had moved for the insertion of three in- stead of five , with this precise and special inten- tion , that the people themselves should have the power of electing the President and Vice President ; and that ...
... cause for apprehension . He had moved for the insertion of three in- stead of five , with this precise and special inten- tion , that the people themselves should have the power of electing the President and Vice President ; and that ...
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... cause the popular principle , applied by the con- stitution in the first instance , to operate per- fectly , and to prevent the abuse of an election by a minority ? If it is , it corresponds with the intention , diminishes nothing of ...
... cause the popular principle , applied by the con- stitution in the first instance , to operate per- fectly , and to prevent the abuse of an election by a minority ? If it is , it corresponds with the intention , diminishes nothing of ...
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... caused them to maintain abuses , by which their ava- rice or ambition might be gratified upon the next turn of the wheel ... cause of investing executive power in a man hostile to the national opinion , and avoid them . They suffered ...
... caused them to maintain abuses , by which their ava- rice or ambition might be gratified upon the next turn of the wheel ... cause of investing executive power in a man hostile to the national opinion , and avoid them . They suffered ...
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... cause or procure to be so imported or brought , or knowingly to aid or assist in so importing or bringing any slave or slaves , which shall have been imported since the first day of May , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - eight ...
... cause or procure to be so imported or brought , or knowingly to aid or assist in so importing or bringing any slave or slaves , which shall have been imported since the first day of May , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - eight ...
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Page 166 - Nor was it uninteresting to the world, that an experiment should be fairly and fully made, whether freedom of discussion, unaided by power, is not sufficient for the propagation and protection of truth— whether a government, conducting itself in the true spirit of its constitution, with zeal and purity, and doing no act which it would be unwilling the whole world should witness, can be written down by falsehood and defamation.
Page 65 - ... incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 20 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Page 53 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States...
Page 23 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring) : That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 13 - The Inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and in the meantime they shall be maintained!
Page 425 - In every country it always is and must be the interest of the great body of the people to buy whatever they want of those who sell it cheapest. The proposition is so very manifest that it seems ridiculous to take any pains to prove it...
Page 33 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 182 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 377 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.